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Tag: bobcat

The Fox Cat-Bobcat Test

December 4, 2019 Marc Abrahams

Karen A. Fox and friends developed a new way to test whether—or not—a bobcat has a goodly amount of domestic cat inside it. They (Fox and friends) tell the story in a newly published study: “A Novel Test for Determination of Wild Felid-Domestic Cat Hybridization,” E.S. Chiu,  K. Fox, L. Wolfe, and S. Vandewoude, Forensic […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsbobcat, cat, DNA, fox, hybrid, species

Is Silver Vine the new Catnip? (recent study)

July 10, 2017 Martin Gardiner

Effective though Catnip (Nepeta cataria) might be – in causing cats to sniff, roll over, and undulate the skin on their back (amongst other things) – it only affects about 50% of cats. And usually has little or no impact on Tigers. A new study in BMC Veterinary Research, March 2017, compares Catnip with Silver […]

Research Newsbobcat, catnip, cats, smells, tiger, vine
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